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Libby Cathey, ABC News (WILMINGTON, Dela.) — Rep. Liz Cheney will make a last high-profile stand against Donald Trump when the House Jan. 6 committee holds its final public meeting Monday — as sources say [Read More…]

President Biden marks 50th anniversary of car crash that killed first wife, baby daughter

ABC News (WILMINGTON, Dela.) — President Joe Biden and his family on Sunday marked a solemn anniversary: 50 years since a car crash killed his first wife, Neilia, and their baby daughter, Naomi. The White [Read More…]

What it would mean for the Jan. 6 committee to make criminal referrals

ABC News (WASHINGTON) — When the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack holds its final meeting Monday, the expected headline is whether it will make criminal referrals to the Justice Department or [Read More…]

Republicans talk of ‘chaos’ at the border without Title 42 but don’t have better plan: Padilla

ABC News (WASHINGTON) — California Sen. Alex Padilla on Sunday pushed back against what he called “Republican rhetoric” around the expected expiration of Title 42, a pandemic-era policy which allows the expulsion of migrants on [Read More…]

Ukraine welcomes ‘accountability’ from Republicans scrutinizing war aid: Amb. Oksana Markarova

ABC News (WASHINGTON) — With prominent Republicans in Congress calling for more scrutiny of aid to Ukraine as it defends itself from Russia’s invasion, the country’s ambassador to the United States said Sunday that “we [Read More…]

Argentina defeats France in epic World Cup final following penalty kicks

ABC News (DOHA, Qatar) — Argentina defeated France in an epic World Cup final on Sunday that ended after a penalty shootout. All eyes were on France’s Kylian Mbappé and Argentina’s Lionel Messi, two of [Read More…]

As post-Thanksgiving COVID hospitalizations spike, Dr. Jha urges people to get new booster

ABC News (WASHINGTON) — The White House’s COVID-19 coordinator on Sunday said a sharp rise in cases and hospitalizations since Thanksgiving wasn’t “totally” surprising — and he reiterated that holiday gatherings would be safer if [Read More…]

Famed Los Angeles mountain lion P-22 euthanized after likely vehicle collision

yorkfoto/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — Los Angeles mountain lion P-22 was euthanized after officials determined the celebrity feline was suffering from severe injuries and chronic health problems, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife said [Read More…]

Nor’easter pummeling Northeast with snow, ice, rain and wind: Latest forecast

Jose A. Bernat Bacete/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — At least 208,000 customers in the Northeast have lost power as a Nor’easter pummels millions in the Northeast with snow, ice and rain as a major storm [Read More…]

Suspect’s dad charged in Highland Park July 4 parade mass shooting

Catherine Falls Commercial/Getty Images (HIGHLAND PARK, Ill.) — The father of the suspected Highland Park, Illinois, mass shooter appeared in virtual bond court in Lake County on Saturday, a day after being charged with seven [Read More…]

5 in critical condition following Memphis shooting

Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (MEMPHIS, Tenn.) — Five people are in critical condition after a late Friday night shooting in North Memphis, Tennessee, according to the Memphis Police Department. Two men and two women were transported [Read More…]

Court denies GOP states’ effort to continue Title 42 border expulsions pending appeal

Jason Marz/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A federal appeals court on Friday denied an effort by several Republican-led states to continue a Trump-era public health order to expel migrants immediately at the border. U.S. District Judge [Read More…]

Donald Glover reportedly starring in and producing ‘Spider-Man’-adjacent movie ‘Hypno-Hustler’

Gregg DeGuire/FilmMagic Donald Glover will reportedly play one of Spider-Man’s funkiest villains in a movie for Sony Pictures. The Hollywood Reporter says Glover, who wanted to play Spider-Man on the big screen before Andrew Garfield [Read More…]

Henry Cavill lines up “lifelong dream” gig with ‘Warhammer 40,000’ series, films for Amazon

ABC/Randy Holmes — Games Workshop Despite having been the Man of Steel, Henry Cavill is also a massive geek, evidenced by videos of him painting miniatures from the tabletop game Warhammer 40,000. And while he [Read More…]

Zoe Saldaña on how motherhood prepared her for ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’

20th Century Studios Between 2009’s Avatar and its new sequel, The Way of Water, Zoe Saldaña became a mom — and not coincidentally, so did her Navi character Neytiri. The Marvel movie veteran, now a [Read More…]

Protesters charged with harassing women entering Planned Parenthood

Google Maps Street View (NEW YORK) — Two protesters from Tennessee surrendered Friday to face federal charges in New York for routinely harassing women entering a Planned Parenthood clinic on Manhattan’s Bleecker Street. Bevelyn Beatty [Read More…]

Jan. 6 committee preparing Trump criminal referral to DOJ: Sources

Mint Images/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol is preparing to urge the Department of Justice to prosecute former President Donald Trump on criminal charges during [Read More…]

After fears of ‘tripledemic,’ RSV on the downturn as flu and COVID pick up

SONGPHOL THESAKIT/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Despite fears of a potential “tripledemic,” at least one of three viruses circulating in the United States seems to be trending downward. Cases of respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, [Read More…]

CDC study confirms not getting updated COVID booster leaves Americans vulnerable this winter

Morsa Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The new bivalent COVID booster this fall was relatively 80% effective at keeping older adults out of the hospital due to complications from the virus compared to seniors who [Read More…]

Tense new ‘Oppenheimer’ trailer screens ahead of ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’